Day-by-Day Review: 2012 Porsche Panamera S Hybrid

It almost feels like a misnomer, does it not? A Porsche four-passenger sedan is odd enough, but we have come to embrace it; now, however, a(nother) Porsche hybrid — no, make that a Porsche, four-passenger, hybrid sedan. What has this world come to?

I’ll tell you what it has come to, it has come to a point where you can shred the tires of a Porsche, blast pretty much any car on the road, be it straight or twisty, with three of your friends while averaging 6.8 L/100km highway fuel consumption (according to Natural Resources Canada’s estimates).

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That, my friends, gets me excited! And so does the 333-horsepower supercharged V6 engine with 47 extra horsepower and 221-lb-ft of torque provided by an electric motor, for a combined rating of 380 horsepower and 428 lb-ft of torque — this Porsche has not lost its mojo by going green.